Smokehouse



E. LORENZEN.

SMOKEHOUSE.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.31. 192|.

1,41 3,67 1', Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

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EDWARD LORENZEN, or MARSHALLTOWN, town.

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Patented Apr. 25, 192e.

Application filed January 31, 1921. Serial 110.441,4{35i To all whom it may conce/Pn Be it known that l, EDWARD Loimnziiiv, a subject. of Germany, and a resident of Marshalltown, in the county of Marshall and State of lowa, have invented a certain new and useful Smokehouse, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object ofmy invention is to provide a smoke house adapted -preferably to be used by farmers who desire to smoke enough meat at one time to last'tliem for several months. The device being of simple, durable and comparatively inexpensive construction.

More particularly my invention relates to a smoke house for meat or the like, which is provided with a door and a meat supporting rack rotatably mounted within the smoke house, whereby the meat supporting rack may be moved to position adjacent to the door for either placing meat thereon or removing it therefrom.

Another object is to provide a smoke receiving opening in the container or smoke house which may be connected to a smudge fire box. Also the providing of a vent or discharge opening in the smoke house which may either be open or 'closed when desired.v

The smoke receiving opening and vent opening being capable of being used interchangeably so that smoke may be communicated into the smoke house from a fire box placed on either side of the container or smoke house. A y l Still another object is to provide a smudge fire boX which is provided with a hinged door and a handle, the handle being adapted to be used as a lock for holding the door in its closed position and when in another position to serve as a handle.

With these and other objects in view,my

invention consists in the construction, ar-

rangement and combination of the various parts of my device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim,and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of'my smoke house with the fire box connected therewith.

Figure 2 is a central, verticahsectional view taken through thesmoke house or container. f

Figure 3 is a horizontal, sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure is an enlarged, detail, sectional view showing one ofthe openings communieating with the container; and l Figure 5 is a front elevation of tliefire box, one of the positions of the handle'being shown in dotted lines.- y y ln the accompanying drawings .l have used the reference character A to indicate generally a smoke house or meat v'container which is substantially cylindrical 'in' .form and' provided with a' 'cone shaped cover member 10 and a base 11. bank 12 is provided adjacent to the baseV which may be riveted to the lower edge of the container A andrto the base r11 by means of the rivets 13. f

The cone shaped cover lO'is also tixed'to tle container AV by means of rivetsfor the li re. l

The container A is provided vwith adoor opening 111 and the doors 15 for closing the door opening 1li.l An ordinary hasp 16 is used for holding the doors 15 in their' closed position. l y l .i 'i

The doors 15 are capable orf-being opened A. reinforcing l independently of .each other so that.l access 'The center post 17 extends'up'th'rough"the peak of lthe cone shaped'co'ver Amember 10".Y The cap member 20isriveted to the niemberlO. ,A

It will bejseen that themeatfsupporting rack B is capable of rotation within y'thecontainer A. Y f f Y 1 Fixed to the center post 17 and adapted to rotate with it are the bandsy 21. Reinyforcing rods 22 connect the bands`21 with the center post 17.

The bands 21 are designedk to :receive j hooks 23 for supporting meat or the-like.

In order to'p'rovide for introducing smoke into the container A I have provided a smudge ire boX'2L which is provided with a hinged door 2'5 and al discharge port 26.l

p The hinged door 254 isprovided with a vent 27. A handle 28 pivoted to the fire box 24 is adapted when in one position to serve as a lock for holding the hinged door 25 in its closed position, as illustrated in Fi ures l and 5 of the drawings.

hen the handle 28 is in the position shown in dotted lines in Figures l and 5 or" the drawings it may be used for carrying the tire box from place'to place.

The container A is provided substantially near its lower end with a pair of openings 29 which may be connected to the port 26 of the lire box 24 by means of the ordinary pipe or pipes30.

The opening 29 may be interchangeably connected With the pipes 30 so that smoke from the fire box may be passed into the container from either side.

Closure members 3l are provided for closing the openings'29 Whenthey are not in use. Then the ire box is connected with the smoke house then the vopposite opening 29 may either be used as a vent opening 'for giving circulation to the smoke Within the container, or may be closed up by the closure member 3l. The openings 29 are provided With screen coverings 32, the purpose of which Willhereafter be more fully described.

Substantially near the upper edge ot' the container A l have provided a discharge opening 33 Which is also provided with the screen 34.,A

When it is desired smoke may be permitted to pass out of the opening` The closure'members 3l may be interchangeably used for closing the opening 33.

When it is desired to have a circulation Within the container and carry the smoke out, pipes 35 may be connected to the openin 33.

t will be understood at times that no circulation at all is required Within the container, so in that case the opening 33 and one of the openings 29 are provided With the closure members 3l. c

At othertimes when a smoke circulation is desired one of the openings 29 is used as avent for causingtlie smoke to be kcarried out through the opening 33.

After the meat has become entirely smoked and properly curedit may be left Within the container A .and Will he salie against mice and the like, even when the openings 29 are open, the screen 32 preventing anything from entering the container A As the meat is used the supporting rack B may be rotated for bringing any piece of meat adjacent to the door opening le Where it may be easily removed from the rack B.V

lt Will also be understood that the container A. may be used for drying seed"corn, since it `irorides a dry container and one absolutely safe against the entrance of mice or the like.

lt Will be seen that l have provided a very simple device, especially designed i'or use bv farmers Who only have a small amount of meat to cure and smoke at any one time and after the meat has been smoked, a place for storing it is provided.

Another advantage is the interchangeable positioning of the lire box with relation to the container fr. It will be understood that the container A be placed in the house While the lire box 24 may be placed outside of the house,-thus making it absolutely sate against any accidental lire.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement oit the parts of my device Without departing -from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claim, any modi'lied forms ot structure or use of mechanical equivalents, which may be reasonably included Within its scope. l

I claim as my invention:

A meat smoke house comprising` a cylindrical container having a conical top and a -door opening therein, a door for said opening, a vertical rotatable shait mounted Within sai d container, a plurality ot meat supporting racks lsecured to said vertical shaft, a smudge fire box device for producing smoke, said fire box device having a discharge opening therein, a pair of inlet openings formed in thel sides of said container, a screen covering for said inlet openings, pipes for selectively connecting oneot said inletopenings with the discharge opening oi the tire box, caps for closing said inlet openings, said container having an outlet opening therein, a cap for closing-said last opening vvhen desired to hold smoke in said container for all thepurposes stated.

Des Moines, oWa, November 9, 1920.

f K EDVVARD LORENZ/ZEN. 

